[Use of sensitizers and photo laser for diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors].
The authors present a new and original method of destroying neoplastic tissues with the use of a laser light. Photodynamic therapy (PTD) requires three components: the photosensitizer, oxygen and light. This method is a promising for treatment on a many specialty including head and neck area. Advantage of PDT ist possibility several times radiation the carcinoma cells. Photodynamic therapy is application for diagnostics and treatment carcinoma and when the conventional therapy is not possible.
Latkowski
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B
Katedry i Kliniki Otolaryngologii AM, Lodzi.
Gryczyński
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M
Murlewska
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; C014850:tetramethylolphosphonium chloride; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether
Zastosowanie sensybilizatorów i światła laserowego w diagnostyce i leczeniu nowotworów złośliwych.